Where does “sopulointi” come from?

sopulointi (Finnish) comes from Finnish sopuloida, from Finnish sopuli, from Russian собо́ль, from Old East Slavic соболь, from Proto-Slavic *sobolь — sable (Martes zibellina).

sopulointi (Finnish): acting like a lemming

Definitions

  1. acting like a lemming

Ancestry of “sopulointi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsopuloidato act as a lemming
2Finnishsopulilemming; lemming, true lemming; Norway lemming,...
3Russianсобо́льsable
4Old East Slavicсобольsable (Martes zibellina)
5Proto-Slavic*sobolьsable (Martes zibellina)
Every word from Proto-Slavic *sobolь →Every word from Old East Slavic соболь →Every word from Russian собо́ль →